Electives
Each quarter Legal Studies approves courses taught throughout the University as electives that will count towards the major and minor requirements.
See below for the list of approved classes for the current academic year.
Elective Lists
- Legal Studies Approved Electives, 2015-2021 (last updated 11/18/20)
This is a list of approved electives from the past several academic years that you can filter by department, course number, or quarter offered.
- Legal Studies Approved Electives by Academic Year 2015-2021 (last updated 11/18/20)
This is a list of approved electives going back to 2015; the tabs at the bottom will allow you to view our approved courses by each academic year. - Chicago Field Studies Courses
They aren't included on our lists, but students can receive two Legal Studies credits for the following Chicago Field Studies courses: CFS 391 Field Studies in Social Justice, CFS 394 Legal Field Studies, CFS 396 Field Studies in Community Research, CFS 397 Field Studies in Civic Engagement. All other CFS courses can count as one Legal Studies credit.
Students may count a maximum of two CFS credits towards their Legal Studies requirements.
Being listed as an approved Legal Studies elective does not come with enrollment permissions for Legal Studies students. Some department's courses have prerequisites or are closed to non-majors. CAESAR will detail any such restrictions.
Elective Petition
If you believe that a class not included in our lists has sufficient legal content and should be considered as a Legal Studies elective, please complete the petition for elective credit. Once submitted, the petition will undergo review by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Petitions should be submitted during the quarter the student is enrolled in the course and are considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Study Abroad and Transfer Credits
Students transferring from other universities, or those returning from study abroad, may petition courses with significant legal content to count towards legal studies major or minor requirements. Follow the rules for articulating your study abroad courses or your transfer credits. Once those credits are approved by Northwestern, submit a petition for legal studies elective credit. If we approve, we will be happy to sign off on the Weinberg transfer credit forms. Read more about Study Abroad here.
Elective Courses
Note that courses are subject to change.
The list for the next upcoming quarter will be updated during the week of pre-registration.
Winter 2021 Electives
**To look up class meeting days and times please go to CAESAR**
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| Department | Course Number | Course Title |
| AF AM ST | 220 | Civil Rights and Black Liberation |
| AF AM ST | 380 | Passing (sec. 20, also AMER ST 310-0-20) |
| AF AM ST | 212-2 | Introduction to African American History: Emancipation to Civil Rights Movement (also HISTORY 212-2) |
| AMER ST | 310 | Bad News (sec. 10, also POLI SCI 390-0-26) |
| AMER ST | 310 | Passing (sec. 20, also AF AM ST 380-0-20) |
| AMER ST | 310 | Transnational Asian American Activism (sec. 30, also ASIAN AM 320-0-1) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Global Im/Mobilities: Borders, Migration, and Citizenship (sec. 31, also SPANISH 397-0-2) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Queer Criminality and Political Transgression (sec. 23, also GNDR ST 353-0-20, POLI SCI 390-0-23) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Traveling While Muslim: Islam, Mobility, and Security After 9/11 (sec. 21, also HUM 370-3-21, MENA 301-2-21) |
| ART HIST | 367 | American Art: The Visual Language of Protest (sec. 1, also ENVR POL 390-0-28) |
| ART HIST | 369 | Feminist Utopias/Dystopias in Art, Film, and Literature (sec. 1, also ITALIAN 377-0-20) |
| ASIAN AM | 203 | Race and Nation in the US: Belonging, Longing, and Resistance (sec. 1, also MENA 290-3-20) |
| ASIAN AM | 320 | Transnational Asian American Activism (sec. 1, also AMER ST 310-0-30) |
| ASIAN AM | 380 | War, Gender, and Memory in Asian American Performance (sec. 1, also THEATRE 346-0-20) |
| ASIAN LC | 300 | Grassroots Revolt in China Today (sec. 22) |
| ASIAN LC | 300 | Religion and Politics in the PRC (sec. 23, also RELIGION 318-0-23) |
| ASIAN LC | 300 | Threat! Orientalism, Yellow Peril, and other Fantasies of a Dangerous China (sec. 20) |
| ASIAN LC | 320 | Art and Activism in Modern Japan (sec. 20, also COMP LIT 305-0-20) |
| ASIAN LC | 370 | South Asian Feminist Fictions (sec. 20, also COMP LIT 307-0-20) |
| CLASSICS | 211 | Greek History and Culture: From Homer to Alexander the Great |
| CLASSICS | 360 | Origins of Greek Democracy |
| COG SCI | 202 | Evaluating Evidence (sec. 20, also POLI SCI 390-0-20) |
| COMM ST | 392 | Global Culture, Commerce and Communication (sec. 20) |
| COMM ST | 395 | Communication and Social Movements (sec. 20) |
| COMP LIT | 202 | Gender & Revolution in Soviet Russian Culture (sec. 1, also SLAVIC 211-2-1) |
| COMP LIT | 305 | Art and Activism in Modern Japan (sec. 20, also ASIAN LC 320-0-20) |
| COMP LIT | 307 | South Asian Feminist Fictions (sec. 20, also ASIAN LC 370-0-20) |
| COMP SCI | 396 | Computing, Ethics, and Society (sec. 3) |
| ECON | 324 | Western Economic History |
| ECON | 342 | Economics of Gender |
| ECON | 350 | Monopoly Competition and Public Policy |
| ENGLISH | 371 | American Novel: Faulkner, Race & Politics (sec. 20) |
| ENGLISH | 385 | LGBTQ Art and Activism in the United States (sec. 20, also GNDR ST 361-0-20) |
| ENVR POL | 340 | Global Environments & World History (sec. 1, also HISTORY 376-0-20) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | American Art: The Visual Language of Protest (sec. 28, also ART HIST 367-0-1) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | Climate Change Law and Policy (sec. 21) |
| GBL HLTH | 302 | Global Bioethics |
| GBL HLTH | 325 | History of Reproductive Health (sec. 1) |
| GEN MUS | 175 | Ownership, Copyright, and Forgery (sec. 1) |
| GERMAN | 307 | German Media: Political Extremism (sec. 1) |
| GERMAN | 349 | History of the Holocaust (also HISTORY 349) |
| GNDR ST | 332 | Gender, Sexuality, and Health: Health Activism (sec. 20) |
| GNDR ST | 352 | Feminist Theory, Biopolitics & the University |
| GNDR ST | 353 | Queer Criminality and Political Transgression (sec. 20, also ANTHRO 390-0-23, POLI SCI 390-0-23) |
| GNDR ST | 361 | LGBTQ Art and Activism in the United States (sec. 20, also ENGLISH 385-0-20) |
| GNDR ST | 372 | Musical Legacies of Black Feminism (sec. 20, also MUSICOL 355-0-1) |
| GNDR ST | 382 | Black Sexualities: Race, Gender, and Transgressive Bodies (sec. 20) |
| GNDR ST | 390 | Sexuality, Technoscience, and the Law (sec. 20, also LEGAL ST 390-0-21, SOCIOL 376-0-1) |
| HISTORY | 200 | The End of Citizenship (sec. 26) |
| HISTORY | 218 | Latina and Latino History |
| HISTORY | 300 | Europe in the Age of Total War (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 305 | American Immigration (combined with LEGAL ST 305) |
| HISTORY | 349 | History of the Holocaust (also GERMAN 349) |
| HISTORY | 376 | Global Environments & World History (sec. 20, also ENVR POL 340-0-1) |
| HISTORY | 392 | Legacies of the Korean War (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 392 | Taiwan: Colonizations, Nationalisms, and Identities (sec. 28, also HISTORY 395-0-28) |
| HISTORY | 393 | Antisemitism (sec. 24) |
| HISTORY | 393 | Revolution, Dictatorship and Democracy in Eastern Europe (sec. 26) |
| HISTORY | 395 | Taiwan: Colonizations, Nationalisms, and Identities (sec. 28, also HISTORY 392-0-28) |
| HISTORY | 395 | The Problem of Poverty in Anglo-American Culture (sec. 30) |
| HISTORY | 201-1 | Europe in the Medieval and Early Modern World |
| HISTORY | 210-2 | History of the United States, Reconstruction to the Present |
| HISTORY | 212-2 | Introduction to African American History: Emancipation to Civil Rights Movement (also AF AM ST 212-2) |
| HISTORY | 250-2 | Global History: The Modern World |
| HISTORY | 271-3 | History Of The Modern Middle East, 1789 To Present |
| HISTORY | 322-2 | Development of the Modern American City: 1870-Present |
| HISTORY | 381-2 | History of Modern China: 1911 to Present |
| HISTORY | 385-2 | History of Modern South Asia, ca. 1750-present |
| HUM | 370-3 | Traveling While Muslim: Islam, Mobility, and Security After 9/11 (sec. 21, also ANTHRO 390-0-21, MENA 301-2-21) |
| HUM | 370-6 | The Crime Centered Documentary (sec. 22, also LEGAL ST 376-0-20, RTVF 377-0-20) |
| IEMS | 303 | Statistics |
| IMC | 305 | Message Strategy and Persuasive Communications |
| IMC | 306 | Strategic Communications |
| IMC | 310 | Integrated Marketing and Communication Law, Policy and Ethics |
| INTL ST | 390 | Dilemmas of American Power (sec. 21, also JOUR 353-0-20) |
| INTL ST | 395 | Global Politics of Data (sec. 20) |
| INTL ST | 395 | Law, Empire, and the Creation (sec. 21) |
| ISEN | 230 | Climate Change and Sustainability: Ethical Dimensions |
| ITALIAN | 377 | Feminist Utopias/Dystopias in Art, Film, and Literature (sec. 20, also ART HIST 369-0-1) |
| JOUR | 301 | Social Change and Urban Dynamics (sec. 23) |
| JOUR | 301 | The Pandemic and the Financial Health of Chicagoan (sec. 21) |
| JOUR | 303 | Framed: Media and the Marginal (sec. 20) |
| JOUR | 352 | Politics, Media, and the Republic |
| JOUR | 353 | Dilemmas of American Power (sec. 20, also INTL_ST 390-0-21) |
| JOUR | 370 | Media Law and Ethics |
| JOUR | 390 | Social Justice Investigations Primer (sec. 32) |
| LATINO | 218 | Latina & Latino History (sec. 1) |
| LATINO | 392 | Feminist Aesthetics of the Erotic (sec. 3) |
| LATINO | 392 | Latino Politics (sec. 1, also POLI SCI 334) |
| LATINO | 393 | Cultural Borders/Border Cultures (sec. 3, also SPANISH 364-0-1) |
| LATINO | 395 | Critical Readings in Latino Studies (sec. 1) |
| LEGAL ST | 206 | Law and Society (also SOCIOL 206) |
| LEGAL ST | 305 | American Immigration (also HISTORY 305) |
| LEGAL ST | 309 | Political Theories of the Rule of Law (also POLI SCI 309) |
| LEGAL ST | 332 | Constitutional Law I (also POLI SCI 332) |
| LEGAL ST | 350 | Psychology and Law (also PSYCH 340) |
| LEGAL ST | 376 | Sexuality, Technoscience, and the Law (sec. 21, also GNDR_ST 390-0-20, SOCIOL 376-0-1) |
| LEGAL ST | 376 | The Crime Centered Documentary (sec. 20, also HUM 370-6-22, RTVF 377-0-20) |
| LEGAL ST | 398-2 | Advanced Research Seminar 2 |
| LING | 222 | Language, Politics, & Identity (also SLAVIC 222) |
| LRN SCI | 302 | Social Contexts of Education (sec. 20, also MS ED 402-0-20, TEACH ED 302-0-20) |
| MENA | 290-3 | Race and Nation in the US: Belonging, Longing, and Resistance (sec. 20, also ASIAN AM 203-0-1) |
| MENA | 301-2 | Traveling While Muslim: Islam, Mobility, and Security After 9/11 (sec. 21, also ANTHRO 390-0-21, HUM 370-3-21) |
| MS ED | 402 | Social Contexts of Education (sec. 20, also LRN SCI 302-0-20, TEACH ED 302-0-20) |
| MUSICOL | 355 | Musical Legacies of Black Feminism (sec. 1, also GNDR ST 372-0-20) |
| PHIL | 110 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHIL | 220 | Introduction to Critical Theory |
| PHIL | 250 | Elementary Logic II |
| PHIL | 261 | Introduction to Political Philosophy |
| PHIL | 269 | Bioethics |
| PHIL | 318 | Epistemic Injustice (sec. 20, 21) |
| PHIL | 273-2 | The Brady Scholars Program: The Moral Life |
| PHIL | 373-2 | The Civically Engaged Life (Brady Scholars) |
| POLI SCI | 201 | Intro to Political Theory |
| POLI SCI | 220 | American Government and Politics |
| POLI SCI | 240 | Intro to International Relations |
| POLI SCI | 250 | Intro to Comparative Politics |
| POLI SCI | 302 | Early Modern Political Thought |
| POLI SCI | 309 | Political Theories of the Rule of Law (also LEGAL ST 309) |
| POLI SCI | 323 | Public Opinion and Voting Behavior |
| POLI SCI | 325 | Congress and the Legislative Process |
| POLI SCI | 332 | Constitutional Law I (also LEGAL ST 332) |
| POLI SCI | 334 | Latino Politics (also LATINO 392-0-1) |
| POLI SCI | 336 | Immigration Politics and Policy |
| POLI SCI | 347 | Ethics in International Relations (sec. 20 and 21) |
| POLI SCI | 351 | Politics of the Middle East (sec. 20 and 21) |
| POLI SCI | 377 | Drugs and Politics |
| POLI SCI | 390 | Bad News (sec. 26, also AMST 310-0-10) |
| POLI SCI | 390 | Evaluating Evidence (sec. 20 also COG SCI 202-0-20) |
| POLI SCI | 390 | Queer Criminality and Political Transgression (sec. 23, also ANTHRO 390-0-23, GNDR ST 353-0-20) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | Action Research in Refugee Studies (sec. 26) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (sec. 25) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | Policy Problems and Policy Reform (sec. 20) |
| PORT | 396 | #DignidadLiteraria: Contemporary Latinx Literature (sec. 1, also SPANISH 397-0-3) |
| PSYCH | 201 | Statistical Methods in Psychology |
| PSYCH | 340 | Psychology and Law (also LEGAL_ST 350) |
| RELIGION | 318 | Religion and Politics in the PRC (sec. 23, also ASIAN LC 300-0-23) |
| RELIGION | 379 | Science Fiction & Social Justice (sec. 23) |
| RTVF | 314 | History of Recording Industry (sec. 20, also SAI 400-0-20) |
| RTVF | 322 | Race, History, and the Biopic (sec. 21) |
| RTVF | 377 | The Crime Centered Documentary (sec. 20, also HUM 370-6-22, LEGAL ST 376-0-20) |
| SAI | 400 | History of Recording Industry (sec. 20, also RTVF 314-0-20) |
| SESP | 351 | Race, Inequality, and the Political Analysis of Pu (sec. 20) |
| SLAVIC | 222 | Language, Politics, & Identity (also LING 222 - previously SLAVIC 255) |
| SLAVIC | 211-2 | Gender & Revolution in Soviet Russian Culture (sec. 1, also COMP LIT 202-0-1) |
| SLAVIC | 211-2 | Gender and Revolution in Soviet Russian Culture (sec. 1) |
| SOC POL | 312 | Social Policymaking and Implementation |
| SOC POL | 331 | Economics of Inequality and Discrimination |
| SOC POL | 351 | Economics of Health, Human Capital, and Happiness (sec. 21) |
| SOC POL | 351 | Intersectionality, Measurement and Public Policy (sec. 22) |
| SOCIOL | 201 | Social Inequality: Race, Class, and Power |
| SOCIOL | 202 | Social Problems |
| SOCIOL | 206 | Law & Society (also LEGAL ST 206) |
| SOCIOL | 277 | Introduction to Native American Studies |
| SOCIOL | 302 | Sociology of Organizations |
| SOCIOL | 306 | Sociological Theory |
| SOCIOL | 330 | Law, Markets, and Globalization |
| SOCIOL | 376 | Sexuality, Technoscience, and the Law (sec. 1, also GNDR_ST 390-0-20, LEGAL_ST 376-0-21) |
| SPANISH | 201 | Conversation on Human Rights: Latin America (sec. 20 and 21) |
| SPANISH | 364 | Cultural Borders/Border Cultures (sec. 1, also LATINO 393-0-3) |
| SPANISH | 397 | #DignidadLiteraria: Contemporary Latinx Literature (sec. 3, also PORT 396-0-1) |
| SPANISH | 397 | Global Im/Mobilities: Borders, Migration, and Citizenship (sec. 2, also ANTHRO 390-0-31) |
| STAT | 210 | Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences |
| TEACH ED | 302 | Social Contexts of Education (sec. 20, also LRN SCI 302-0-20, MS ED 402-0-20) |
| THEATRE | 346 | War, Gender, and Memory in Asian American Performance (sec. 20, also ASIAN AM 380-0-1) |
| THEATRE | 382 | The Playwright and Civic Engagement (sec. 20) |
Fall 2020 Electives
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| Department | Course Number | Course Title |
| AF AM ST | 215 | Black Social & Political Life |
| AF AM ST | 363 | Racism in Western Modernity |
| AF AM ST | 380 | Black Feminist World Making (sec. 21) |
| AF AM ST | 380 | Black Protest Literature (sec. 23) |
| AF AM ST | 380 | The Viral Underclass: How Journalists Cover Outbreaks, Depict Humans as Viruses, and Make News Go Viral (sec. 22, also AMER ST 310-0-20, GNDR ST 390-0-23, JOUR 390-0-23) |
| AFST | 390 | Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (sec. 20, also LEGAL ST 356, POLI SCI 356) |
| AMER ST | 310 | The Viral Underclass: How Journalists Cover Outbreaks, Depict Humans as Viruses, and Make News Go Viral (sec. 20, also AF AM ST 380-0-22, GNDR ST 390-0-23, JOUR 390-0-23) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Contraceptive Technologies (sec. 22) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Political Ecology (sec. 24, also ENVR POL 390-0-21) |
| ASIAN AM | 210 | Intro to Asian American Studies |
| ASIAN AM | 360 | Queer/Trans Ethnic Studies (sec. 20, also GNDR ST 382-0-20) |
| ASIAN AM | 380 | Fire & Ice: Performances of Citizenship (sec. 2, also PERF ST 330-0-22) |
| CIV ENV | 303 | Environmental Law and Policy |
| CLASSICS | 340 | Greek and Roman Drama (sec. 20, also Comp Lit 301-0-20) |
| COMM ST | 205 | Theories of Persuasion |
| COMM ST | 310 | Rhetoric, Democracy and Empire in Classical Athens |
| COMM ST | 363 | Bargaining and Negotiation |
| COMP LIT | 301 | Greek and Roman Drama (sec. 20, also Classics 340-0-20) |
| ECON | 326 | Economics of Developing Countries |
| ECON | 339 | Labor Economics |
| ECON | 342 | Economics of Gender (sec. 20 & 21) |
| ENVR POL | 336 | Climate Change, Policy, and Society (also SOCIOL 336) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | Native American Environmental Issues and the Media (sec. 27) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | Nature and Empire (sec. 26, also HISTORY 395-0-22) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | Political Ecology (sec. 21, also ANTHRO 390-0-24) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | U.S. Environmental Politics (sec. 22, also POLI SCI 329-0-20) |
| GBL HLTH | 302 | Global Bioethics |
| GBL HLTH | 324 | Volunteerism & Ethics of Help (sec. 1) |
| GBL HLTH | 325 | History of Reproductive Health |
| GNDR ST | 220 | Sexual Subjects: Introduction to Sexuality Studies |
| GNDR ST | 230 | Traditions in Feminist Thought (previously "Roots of Feminism") |
| GNDR ST | 331 | Political Sociology (sec. 20, also POLI SCI 390-0-20, SOCIOL 309-0-1) |
| GNDR ST | 331 | Sociology of Gender and Sexuality |
| GNDR ST | 380 | Black Feminist Theory: Black Feminisms, World-Making, and Radical Futures (sec. 20) |
| GNDR ST | 381 | Queer Theory |
| GNDR ST | 382 | Queer/Trans Ethnic Studies (sec. 20, also ASIAN AM 360-0-20) |
| GNDR ST | 390 | The Viral Underclass: How Journalists Cover Outbreaks, Depict Humans as Viruses, and Make News Go Viral (sec. 23, also AF AM ST 380-0-22, AMER ST 310-0-20, JOUR 390-0-23) |
| HISTORY | 200 | The 2020 Election in Historical Perspective (sec. 24) |
| HISTORY | 300 | British Colonial Roots of American Racial Thought (sec. 30) |
| HISTORY | 300 | Comparative Genocide (sec. 22) |
| HISTORY | 314 | The Civil War and Reconstruction |
| HISTORY | 393 | Oral History and Archives of Terror in Latin America (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 395 | Nature and Empire (sec. 22, also ENVR POL 390-0-26) |
| HISTORY | 201-2 | Europe in the Modern World (previously "European Civilization: Mid-18th C to Present") |
| HISTORY | 210-1 | History of the United States, Precolonial to the Civil War |
| HISTORY | 315-3 | The United States Since 1900: Late 20th Century to the Present |
| HISTORY | 356-2 | History of South Africa: '20th Century South Africa: Racial Capitalism, Apartheid, and Resistance' |
| HISTORY | 381-1 | History of Modern China: Late Imperial China, 1600-1911 |
| HISTORY | 393-3 | Approaches to History: Migrations in the Mediterranean (sec. 24, also HUM 370-4-23) |
| HUM | 370-4 | Special Topics in Humanities: Migrations in the Mediterranean (sec. 23, also HISTORY 393-0-24) |
| IEMS | 303 | Statistics |
| IMC | 306 | Strategic Communications |
| IMC | 310 | Integrated Marketing and Communication Law, Policy and Ethics |
| INTL ST | 390 | Controlling the Russian Narrative, Stalin to Putin (sec. 22, also SLAVIC 390-0-1) |
| INTL ST | 395 | Global Politics of Data (sec. 20) |
| JOUR | 301 | Documentary Scrabble: Chicago Edition (sec. 20) |
| JOUR | 301 | Politics, Protests, Pandemic & the Presisdential Election (sec. 23, also JOUR 390-0-27) |
| JOUR | 367 | Native American Environmental Issues and the Media (sec. 20) |
| JOUR | 370 | Media Law & Ethics (sec. 20 & 21) |
| JOUR | 390 | Politics, Protests, Pandemic & the Presisdential Election (sec. 27, also JOUR 301-0-23) |
| JOUR | 390 | The Viral Underclass: How Journalists Cover Outbreaks, Depict Humans as Viruses, and Make News Go Viral (sec. 23, also AF AM ST 380-0-22, AMER ST 310-0-20, GNDR ST 390-0-23) |
| JWSH ST | 280-5 | Topics in Israel Studies: Zionism and Its Critics (sec. 1) |
| LEGAL ST | 206 | Law and Society (also SOCIOL 206) |
| LEGAL ST | 276 | Corporation in US Law and Culture (sec. 20) |
| LEGAL ST | 330 | U.S. Refugee Policy & Localities (also POLI SCI 330) |
| LEGAL ST | 356 | Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (also AFST 390-0-20, POLI SCI 356) |
| LEGAL ST | 398-1 | Adv Research Seminar 1 |
| LRN SCI | 302 | Social Contexts of Education (sec. 20, also MS ED 402-0-20, TEACH ED 302-0-20) |
| MS ED | 402 | Social Contexts of Education (sec. 20, also LRN SCI 302-0-20, TEACH ED 302-0-20) |
| PERF ST | 330 | Fire & Ice: Performances of Citizenship (sec. 22, also ASIAN AM 380-0-2) |
| PHIL | 150 | Elementary Logic I |
| PHIL | 262 | Ethical Problems and Public Issues |
| PHIL | 390 | Philosophy of Law (sec. 20 & 21) |
| PHIL | 210-1 | History of Philosophy-Ancient |
| POLI SCI | 201 | Intro to Political Theory |
| POLI SCI | 220 | American Government and Politics |
| POLI SCI | 240 | Intro to International Relations |
| POLI SCI | 301 | Classical Political Theory |
| POLI SCI | 307 | Deportation Law and Politics |
| POLI SCI | 327 | African American Politics |
| POLI SCI | 329 | U.S. Environmental Politics (sec. 20, also ENVR POL 390-0-22) |
| POLI SCI | 330 | U.S. Refugee Policy & Localities (also LEGAL ST 330) |
| POLI SCI | 341 | International Political Economy |
| POLI SCI | 344 | U.S. Foreign Policy |
| POLI SCI | 354 | Politics of Southeast Asia |
| POLI SCI | 356 | Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (also AFST 390-0-20, LEGAL ST 356) |
| POLI SCI | 368 | Political Economy of Development |
| POLI SCI | 376 | Civil Wars |
| POLI SCI | 383 | War and Change in International Politics |
| POLI SCI | 390 | Political Sociology (sec. 20, also GNDR ST 331-0-20, SOCIOL 309-0-1) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | How International Institutions Influence State Policy (sec. 25 & 27) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | Racial Politics in American Cities (sec. 21) |
| PSYCH | 201 | Statistical Methods in Psychology |
| PSYCH | 348 | Psychology of Gender (previously PSYCH 339; cannot receive credit for both) |
| RELIGION | 339 | Gender and Sexuality in Judaism (sec. 20) |
| SESP | 351 | Civic Engagement and Learning in the Public Sphere (sec. 22) |
| SESP | 351 | Computing, Ethics and Society (sec. 21) |
| SLAVIC | 390 | Controlling the Russian Narrative, Stalin to Putin (sec. 1, also INTL ST 390-0-22) |
| SOC POL | 312 | Social Policymaking and Implementation |
| SOC POL | 351 | Social Opportunity and Educational Policy (sec. 20) |
| SOCIOL | 110 | Intro to Sociology |
| SOCIOL | 206 | Law and Society (also LEGAL ST 206) |
| SOCIOL | 208 | Race and Society |
| SOCIOL | 215 | Economy and Society |
| SOCIOL | 216 | Gender and Society |
| SOCIOL | 302 | Sociology of Organizations |
| SOCIOL | 309 | Political Sociology (sec. 1, also POLI SCI 390-0-20, GNDR ST 331-0-20) |
| SOCIOL | 310 | Sociology of the Family |
| SOCIOL | 324 | Global Capitalism |
| SOCIOL | 336 | Climate Change, Policy, and Society (also ENVR POL 336) |
| SOCIOL | 376 | Empires (sec. 21) |
| SPANISH | 201 | Conversation on Human Rights: Latin America (sec. 20) |
| STAT | 210 | Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences |
| STAT | 370 | Human Rights Statistics |
| TEACH ED | 302 | Social Contexts of Education (sec. 20, also LRN SCI 302-0-20, MS ED 402-0-20) |
| THEATRE | 340 | Studies in Gender and Performance: Queer Performance (sec. 21) |
| THEATRE | 341 | Theatre and Social Change: Theatre and Revolution (sec. 20 & 21) |
Spring 2020 Electives
**To look up class meeting days and times please go to CAESAR**
Note that courses are subject to change.
| Department | Course Number | Course Title |
| AF AM ST | 339 | Unsettling Whiteness |
| AF AM ST | 380 | Studies in African American Literature: Black Insecurity (sec. 20, also ENGLISH 366-0-20) |
| AFST | 390 | Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (sec. 21, also LEGAL ST 356, POLI SCI 356) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | City of Women: Race/Class/Sexuality in American Women's Lives (sec. 27, also HUM 370-3-20) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Porous Borders? Geography, Power and Techniques (sec. 23, also MENA 390-3-20) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Protest & Popular Culture in the Middle East (sec. 22, also MENA 390-3-21) |
| ANTHRO | 390 | Transnational Americas: From Migrants to Latinx (sec. 30, also SPANISH 397-0-1) |
| ASIAN AM | 303 | Asian Americans and Educational Equity (sec. 1) |
| ASIAN AM | 370 | South Asian Diaspora (sec. 1) |
| ASIAN LC | 240 | Introduction to Modern Korean Literature (sec. 20) |
| BUS INST | 394-LK | Ethics and Leadership (sec. 21) |
| CIV ENV | 302 | Engineering Law |
| CIV ENV | 395 | Energy Law & Policy (sec. 23) |
| COMM ST | 205 | Theories of Persuasion |
| COMM ST | 394 | Nonprofit Advocacy and the Environment (sec. 21) |
| COMP LIT | 205 | Reading Difference: Gender, Politics, and Philosophy (sec. 20, also GNDR ST 233-0-20, PHIL 221-0-20) |
| COMP LIT | 383 | Latin American Critical Theory (sec. 20, also GNDR ST 341-0-21, SPANISH 397-0-2) |
| COMP SCI | 295 | Introduction to Law and Digital Technologies (sec. 20) |
| DSGN | 350 | Intellectual Property and Innovation: Innovation & Invention (sec. 20) |
| ECON | 339 | Labor Economics |
| ECON | 342 | Economics of Gender |
| ECON | 350 | Monopoly Competition and Public Policy |
| ECON | 315 | Economic History Growth Development (sec. 30) |
| ENGLISH | 366 | Studies in African American Literature: Black Insecurity (sec. 20, also AF AM ST 380-0-20) |
| ENGLISH | 378 | The Chicago Way (sec. 21) |
| ENVR POL | 390 | Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy (sec. 24) |
| GBL HLTH | 302 | Global Bioethics |
| GBL HLTH | 390 | Health Care Under Socialism and Postsocialism (sec. 23) |
| GBL HLTH | 390 | Native Nations, Healthcare Systems, and U.S. Policy (sec. 21) |
| GERMAN | 326 | Music Under The Totalitarian State (sec. 20, also MUSICOL 355-0-1) |
| GNDR ST | 233 | Gender, Politics, and Philosophy (also COMP LIT 205-0-20, PHIL 221-0-20) |
| GNDR ST | 321 | Coalitional Politics &/in the "Second Wave" (sec. 20) |
| GNDR ST | 321 | US Women's History to 1865 (sec. 21) |
| GNDR ST | 324 | United States Gay and Lesbian History (also HISTORY 324) |
| GNDR ST | 331 | Families, Communities, Markets, States (sec. 22) |
| GNDR ST | 340 | Gender, Sexuality and the Law (also LEGAL_ST 340) |
| GNDR ST | 341 | Latin American Critical Theory (sec. 21, also COMP LIT 383-0-20, SPANISH 397-0-2) |
| GNDR ST | 381 | Queer Theory |
| GNDR ST | 382 | Race, Gender, & Sexuality: Gender, Race, and the Holocaust (sec. 20) |
| GNDR ST | 390 | Latinx Feminisms (sec. 20) |
| GNDR ST | 350-3 | Sociology of Gender: Families, Communities, Markets, States (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 200 | Pirates, Guns & Empires (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 200 | Witches, Heretics and Demons: The Inquisition in the New World (sec. 26, also RELIGION 386-0-26) |
| HISTORY | 300 | Comparative Genocide (sec. 32) |
| HISTORY | 300 | History of Capitalism (sec. 28) |
| HISTORY | 300 | Red Power: Indigenous Resistance in the US and Canada (sec. 30, also HUM 370-4-20) |
| HISTORY | 300 | Slavery in U.S. History and Culture (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 300 | The Civil Rights Movement (sec. 38) |
| HISTORY | 320 | The Fourteenth Amendment (also LEGAL ST 340) |
| HISTORY | 324 | United States Gay and Lesbian History (also GNDR ST 324) |
| HISTORY | 357 | East Africa |
| HISTORY | 393 | Blood Libel (sec. 20) |
| HISTORY | 393 | Gender, Race and the Holocaust (sec. 25, also GNDR_ST 382-0-20) |
| HISTORY | 393 | Oral History and Archives of Terror in Latin America (sec. 24) |
| HISTORY | 395 | Abolition & Equality: 19th-century Black Activism in the Midwest (sec. 24, also HUM 325-4-20) |
| HISTORY | 395 | Holocaust Trials (sec. 22) |
| HISTORY | 201-2 | European Civilization: Mid-18th C to Present |
| HISTORY | 210-2 | History of the United States, Reconstruction to the Present |
| HISTORY | 345-3 | History of Russia, 1917-Present |
| HISTORY | 381-2 | History of Modern China: 1911 to Present |
| HUM | 325-4 | Abolition & Equality: 19th-century Black Activism in the Midwest (sec. 20, also HISTORY 395-0-24) |
| HUM | 370-3 | City of Women: Race/Class/Sexuality in American Women's Lives (sec. 20, also ANTHRO 390-0-27) |
| HUM | 370-4 | Red Power: Indigenous Resistance in the US and Canada (sec. 20, also HISTORY 300-0-30) |
| IEMS | 303 | Statistics |
| IMC | 305 | Message Strategy and Persuasive Communications |
| IMC | 306 | Strategic Communications |
| IMC | 311 | Digital Data: Privacy and Governance (sec. 20, also LEGAL ST 376-0-22, IMC 414-0-20) |
| INTL ST | 390 | Fall of the USSR and the Rise of Russia (sec. 20, also SLAVIC 390-0-1) |
| INTL ST | 390 | The Fall of the USSR and the Rise of Russia (sec. 20, also SLAVIC 390-0-1) |
| INTL ST | 395 | Everyday Life in Global and Comparative Perspective (sec. 20) |
| INTL ST | 395 | Forced Migration and its Discontents (sec. 21) |
| JOUR | 301 | Connecting with Immigrants, Refugees and Multi-eth (sec. 22) |
| JOUR | 301 | Police, Race, Politics and Community (sec. 21) |
| JOUR | 370 | Media Law and Ethics |
| JOUR | 390 | Global Freedom of the Press (sec. 23) |
| JOUR | 301-1 | Israel Today: Divergent Dreams in a Promised Land (sec. 21) |
| JOUR | 301-1 | Visual Reporting in Cuba (sec. 23) |
| LATINO | 392 | Latina Feminism (sec. 5) |
| LATINO | 392 | Violence, the Body, and Resistance (sec. 2) |
| LATINO | 392 | Critical Theory & Practice For Action and Change (sec. 3) |
| LEGAL ST | 207 | Legal Studies Research Methods (also SOCIOL 227) |
| LEGAL ST | 276 | Crime, Punishment, and Social Control (sec. 20) |
| LEGAL ST | 320 | The Fourteenth Amendment (also HISTORY 340) |
| LEGAL ST | 330 | U.S. Refugee Policy & Localities (also POLI SCI 330) |
| LEGAL ST | 333 | Constitutional Law II: Civil and Political Rights (also POLI SCI 333) |
| LEGAL ST | 340 | Gender and the Law (also GNDR ST 340) |
| LEGAL ST | 356 | Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (also AFST 390-0-21, POLI SCI 356) |
| LEGAL ST | 376 | Digital Data: Privacy and Governance (sec. 22, also IMC 311-0-20, IMC 414-0-20) |
| LEGAL ST | 376 | Islamic Law (sec. 21, also MENA 301-3-20, RELIGION 351-0-20) |
| MENA | 301-3 | Islamic Law (sec. 20, also LEGAL ST 376-0-21, RELIGION 351-0-20) |
| MENA | 390-3 | Popular Culture and Protest in the Middle East (sec. 21, also ANTHRO 390-0-22) |
| MENA | 390-3 | Porous Borders? Geography, Power and Techniques (sec. 20, also ANTHRO 390-0-23) |
| MUSICOL | 355 | Music Under The Totalitarian State (sec. 1, also GERMAN 326-0-20) |
| PHIL | 221 | Gender, Politics, and Philosophy (sec. 20, also COMP LIT 205-0-20, GNDR ST 233-0-20) |
| PHIL | 222 | Introduction to Africana Philosophy (sec. 20) |
| PHIL | 269 | Bioethics |
| PHIL | 324 | Studies in African American Philosophy (sec. 20) |
| PHIL | 330 | Practical Reasoning and Choice |
| PHIL | 210-3 | History of Philosophy - Early Modern |
| PHIL | 273-3 | The Brady Scholars Program: The Good Society (sec. 20) |
| POLI SCI | 230 | Introduction to Law in the Political Arena |
| POLI SCI | 240 | Intro to International Relations |
| POLI SCI | 325 | Congress and the Legislative Processes |
| POLI SCI | 326 | Race and Public Policy |
| POLI SCI | 330 | U.S. Refugee Policy & Localities (Also LEGAL ST 330) |
| POLI SCI | 333 | Constitutional Law II: Civil and Political Rights (LEGAL ST 333) |
| POLI SCI | 344 | U.S. Foreign Policy |
| POLI SCI | 351 | Politics of the Middle East |
| POLI SCI | 356 | Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (also AFST 390-0-21, LEGAL ST 356) |
| POLI SCI | 376 | Civil Wars |
| POLI SCI | 377 | Drugs and Politics |
| POLI SCI | 383 | War and Change in International Politics |
| POLI SCI | 389 | Understanding Genocide (also SOCIOL 379) |
| POLI SCI | 390 | Politics of Nationalism (sec. 21) |
| POLI SCI | 390 | Politics of Turkey (sec. 23) |
| POLI SCI | 390 | The Press & Presidential Elections (sec. 22) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | Politics in the Digital Age (sec. 24) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | U.S. Party Development (sec. 20) |
| POLI SCI | 395 | Wealth and Power in America (sec. 22) |
| PSYCH | 201 | Statistical Methods in Psychology |
| PSYCH | 348 | Psychology of Gender (previously PSYCH 339; cannot receive credit for both) |
| RELIGION | 351 | Islamic Law (sec. 20, also LEGAL ST 376-0-21, MENA 301-0-20) |
| RELIGION | 386 | Witches, Heretics and Demons: The Inquisition in the New World (sec. 26, also HISTORY 200-0-26) |
| SESP | 323 | Holocaust Memory, Memorials, and Museums (sec. 20) |
| SLAVIC | 390 | The Fall of the USSR and the Rise of Russia (sec. 1, also INTL ST 390-0-20) |
| SOC POL | 201 | Introduction to Social Policy |
| SOC POL | 304 | Social Policy and the Human Services |
| SOC POL | 312 | Social Policymaking and Implementation |
| SOC POL | 351 | Women and American Political Leadership (sec. 20) |
| SOCIOL | 110 | Intro to Sociology |
| SOCIOL | 202 | Social Problems |
| SOCIOL | 208 | Race and Society |
| SOCIOL | 215 | Economy and Society |
| SOCIOL | 227 | Legal Studies Research Methods (also LEGAL ST 207) |
| SOCIOL | 302 | Sociology of Organizations |
| SOCIOL | 324 | Global Capitalism |
| SOCIOL | 356 | Sociology of Gender |
| SOCIOL | 376 | Masculinities (sec. 22) |
| SOCIOL | 379 | Understanding Genocide (also POLI SCI 389) |
| SPANISH | 201 | Conversation on Human Rights: Latin America |
| SPANISH | 395 | Justice and Resistance in Contemporary Latin America (sec. 2) |
| SPANISH | 397 | Critical Theory in Latin America (sec. 2, also COMP LIT 383-0-20, GNDR ST 341-0-21) |
| SPANISH | 397 | Transnational Americas: From Migrants to Latinx (sec. 1, also ANTHRO 390-0-30) |
| STAT | 210 | Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences |